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ANSWER MY QUESTION:
IF (did you read that part of what my original post) Nintendo Revolution was this buggy or worse, WILL THERE BE A SLASHDOT STORY SAYING "Nintendo Revolution Very Unstable."
Even if there was a story to this effect, and even if Revolution was much worse than 360 in terms of stability, it would say "Nintendo Revolution has few problems, but ok"
Just admit it.
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"Their system won't be unstable"
The fact that you say this, when you have ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE HOW IT TURN OUT, shows your bias.
Just admit your bias and admit that you shouldn't be discussing XBOX 360, because you start from the following premises:
1.) I hate M$
and
2.) M$ sucks
Re:What really irks me is that this is MS bashing
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"WHAAA WHAAA... this is what happens on the internet... this isnt bashing... this the how we find out we are not in the minority. IF Microsoft sees this as an issue they will release a statement... You are just ticked because you couldn't a 360. Admit it, you want to crash it... WOW... you are sick... wanna test software?"
ADMIT IT, if Nintendo Revolution, when it launches, is this buggy, THERE WON'T BE A SLASHDOT STORY ENTITLED "NINTENDO REVOLUTION VERY UNSTABLE."
Just admit it.
What really irks me is that this is MS bashing
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This is what irks me:
When Nintendo Revolution comes out, if it was this buggy, or even worse, you STILL WOULD NOT SEE A SLASHDOT STORY TITLED "Nintendo Revolution Very Unstable."
The bias here is ridiculous. How do these stories (And not ones that attack Nintendo) get on Slashdot???
"Why complain ? It is their stuff, and they can price it at any level they want. You can always buy from somewhere else or refuse to buy it altogether if YOU think it is too expensive, but I'll bet you that lots of people will keep buying at the new, higher prices. Why leave money in their pockets if they are willing to give them to the record companies ? Happy Posting."
Honestly. And please be honest now:
If this was M$ instead of Apple, you would post some anti-m$ crap here. Just admit your bias here. We all see it.
You would think that it would be simple to allow keyboard and mouse usage for FPS on XBOX 360, considering, for example, COD2 is a port of the PC version. It would only make sense that plugging in a keyboard and mouse would work the same way as it does on a PC for games. Hopefully this is the case...
"1.) Practically any hardware works with it. People have plugged USB keyboards, iPods, digital cameras, etc into the thing and everything has been recognized so far. Even some PC controllers and steering wheels work. It's a very Mac-like hardware experience"
Serious question: Does this mean I can plug in a USB Keyboard, USB mouse, and play a FPS on XBOX 360 "PC" style?
Or would that depend on a developer making their console version of their game support PC hardware on a console?
"An anonymous reader writes "The first reviews for Xbox 360 games are starting to hit the web! 1UP has reviewed Kameo, Project Gotham Racing 3, FIFA Soccer 2006, NBA 2K6, and Amped 3, while IGN has reviewed Madden NFL 06, Kameo, and NBA 2K6. Judging from both sets of reviews, it looks like Project Gotham Racing 3 - which scored a 10/10 on 1UP - is the only sure winner of the 360 launch games thus far."
I have a great idea. Since IGN and 1Up will put out their reviews of sports titles first, let's wait until those are up (but not wait until the reviews of COD2 and PDZ for 360 out), and proclaim that *all* launch titles are weak, even though the biggest launch titles, COD2 and PDZ, haven't been reviewed yet.
That way people will think the 360 launch does not include COD2 and PDZ, and we fool people into thinking the 360 launch is much worse than it actually is.
BRILLIANT!
God damn, am I the only one getting sick of all forms of M$ bashing on slashdot????
"What is with all the replies about the lack of strength of the 360's lineup?"
It's just comments from ignorant anti-MS (but gung ho pro-nintendo, pro-Sony) trolls. They don't even bother to look into the launch titles, but freely come here and say they are weak. Thanks for this post. I think you are right, the launch titles and titles coming for 360 in the next 6 months will be good (i.e., at least appeal to XBOX gamers)...
I know this is blasphemy here, but watch G4's Icons episode about the Video Game Industry. They discuss the crash of the Video Game market in the early 80's, and how the release of the NES brought the industry back to life.
"Main difference is that Nintendo did it 15 years ago and now don't do it . Microsoft still are doing it."
Yes, but Nintendo paved the way for what M$ does now. You should blame and bash Nintendo, but nooo, you all have your "bias blinders" on and unconditionally love anything Nintendo does these days.
Just so you know, in case you are a closet Nintendo lover, the Nintendo Revolution is confirmed to be backwards compatible with Gamecube games right out of the box, so CAN SOMEONE ON/. BASH NINTENDO ONCE IN A WHILE???
Here Microsoft, Intel, and to some extent Sony get automatically bashed in a totally biased attack, while Apple and Nintendo get automatically praised in a totally biased love-fest
EXACTLY. If you don't like the fact a company uses H1B employees or outsources, boycott the company...but of course, when they offer the cheaper product, all of a sudden how many H1B employees they have or how much work is outsourced doesn't matter.
Maybe you did not read the topic. It referred to a global launch of the **console**, not games. I would suspect that there will still be plenty of Japanese games that take a while (or never) to come to the US.
"Did it ever cross your mind that actually BEING pro-consumer could mean more profit? Yes, hence my comment "To make people think they are pro-consumer so they buy more of their products". "
My issue was with your use of the word "think." Perhaps ACTUALLY being pro-consumer (as opposed to making people think it) can mean more profit.
The problem here is that most people are basically overhead to their companies, and corporations love to cut overhead.
For example, if you work at Macy's, how do they make money? By selling products with a huge profit margins. Besides cosmetics, the products sell themselves and the people who work there are not needed to generate the profit. Thus the people who work at Macy's are overhead. They are needed, but only in the sense that, at best, they might save the company money, but they certainly don't make money.
If you write code for EA, you are needed to churn out games, but EA makes it money off profit margins of selling games. Although the new Madden might not exist without you, EA wants to get you as cheap as possible.
Contrast that with a lawyer at a large law firm. The lawyer, by billing clients, is a revenue producer. The law firm wants to do everything they can to make sure that lawyer bills a lot. They will give the lawyer a ton of work (= tons of billable hours) and give good compensation or else they might lose a good revenue producer. Now partners at these firms do make money off the backs of associates, but since it is actually the work of the associate that lines the partners pockets (unlike the sales figures that lines of the pockets of Macy's people), they do more to keep associates happy money-wise.
If you can find a job where you directly generate revenue (unforunately this might mean direct sales, but it could also mean lawyer, etc, etc,) that's the way to go and you can (but not always) get paid good.
"So why would a corporation try to spin themselves as "pro-consumer"? One of two reasons:
To make people think they are pro-consumer so they buy more of their products
To be able to claim to governments, judges and juries that they are pro-consumer"
Did it ever cross your mind that actually BEING pro-consumer could mean more profit?
Not everything is "spin" or an "illusion." Maybe this is Microsoft's thinking here. The fact you think this is spin (and I bet if Nintendo came out with the same statement, nobody would call it spin, they would call it revolutionary) shows your anti-MS bias.
"More likely is that you will find someone who has your same interests and general income level, whom you will start a relationship with and then waver in and out of interest with."
I wonder if we will start seeing Nigerian scams that play on this. After all, if a girl who is good looking, but not a super model, starts talking to you, and talks about how she loves/., you might cave in.
DS troll: Having fun playing games using wireless over IP?
OH WAIT, NO GAMES FOR DS yet take advtange of wi-fi to allow for online multiplayer. PSP was wi-fi online multiplayer ready AT LAUNCH, with launch titles allowing for a large number of players.
Please stop with the Nintendo-love fest. They are a great video game company, but no one, especially them, is the "End all be all" of console/portable gaming.
You answered your own question. Move to a state where one city has a larger population than the State of Montana, and you might see a PSP. There are many cities/metro's in the US that would fit.
"An article about the latest Red Sox vs. Yankees game would look pretty silly if its only content was "Red Sox Score 5 Runs" without mentioning the Yankee's score."
You are talking apples and orange, you anonymous Nintendo (blindly) loving coward.
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ANSWER MY QUESTION:
IF (did you read that part of what my original post) Nintendo Revolution was this buggy or worse, WILL THERE BE A SLASHDOT STORY SAYING "Nintendo Revolution Very Unstable."
Even if there was a story to this effect, and even if Revolution was much worse than 360 in terms of stability, it would say "Nintendo Revolution has few problems, but ok"
Just admit it.
"Their system won't be unstable"
The fact that you say this, when you have ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE HOW IT TURN OUT, shows your bias.
Just admit your bias and admit that you shouldn't be discussing XBOX 360, because you start from the following premises:
1.) I hate M$
and
2.) M$ sucks
"WHAAA WHAAA... this is what happens on the internet... this isnt bashing... this the how we find out we are not in the minority. IF Microsoft sees this as an issue they will release a statement... You are just ticked because you couldn't a 360. Admit it, you want to crash it... WOW... you are sick... wanna test software?"
ADMIT IT, if Nintendo Revolution, when it launches, is this buggy, THERE WON'T BE A SLASHDOT STORY ENTITLED "NINTENDO REVOLUTION VERY UNSTABLE."
Just admit it.
This is what irks me:
When Nintendo Revolution comes out, if it was this buggy, or even worse, you STILL WOULD NOT SEE A SLASHDOT STORY TITLED "Nintendo Revolution Very Unstable."
The bias here is ridiculous. How do these stories (And not ones that attack Nintendo) get on Slashdot???
"Why complain ? It is their stuff, and they can price it at any level they want. You can always buy from somewhere else or refuse to buy it altogether if YOU think it is too expensive, but I'll bet you that lots of people will keep buying at the new, higher prices. Why leave money in their pockets if they are willing to give them to the record companies ?
Happy Posting."
Honestly. And please be honest now:
If this was M$ instead of Apple, you would post some anti-m$ crap here. Just admit your bias here. We all see it.
You would think that it would be simple to allow keyboard and mouse usage for FPS on XBOX 360, considering, for example, COD2 is a port of the PC version. It would only make sense that plugging in a keyboard and mouse would work the same way as it does on a PC for games. Hopefully this is the case...
"1.) Practically any hardware works with it. People have plugged USB keyboards, iPods, digital cameras, etc into the thing and everything has been recognized so far. Even some PC controllers and steering wheels work. It's a very Mac-like hardware experience"
Serious question: Does this mean I can plug in a USB Keyboard, USB mouse, and play a FPS on XBOX 360 "PC" style?
Or would that depend on a developer making their console version of their game support PC hardware on a console?
Thanks.
"An anonymous reader writes "The first reviews for Xbox 360 games are starting to hit the web! 1UP has reviewed Kameo, Project Gotham Racing 3, FIFA Soccer 2006, NBA 2K6, and Amped 3, while IGN has reviewed Madden NFL 06, Kameo, and NBA 2K6. Judging from both sets of reviews, it looks like Project Gotham Racing 3 - which scored a 10/10 on 1UP - is the only sure winner of the 360 launch games thus far."
I have a great idea. Since IGN and 1Up will put out their reviews of sports titles first, let's wait until those are up (but not wait until the reviews of COD2 and PDZ for 360 out), and proclaim that *all* launch titles are weak, even though the biggest launch titles, COD2 and PDZ, haven't been reviewed yet.
That way people will think the 360 launch does not include COD2 and PDZ, and we fool people into thinking the 360 launch is much worse than it actually is.
BRILLIANT!
God damn, am I the only one getting sick of all forms of M$ bashing on slashdot????
"What is with all the replies about the lack of strength of the 360's lineup?"
It's just comments from ignorant anti-MS (but gung ho pro-nintendo, pro-Sony) trolls. They don't even bother to look into the launch titles, but freely come here and say they are weak. Thanks for this post. I think you are right, the launch titles and titles coming for 360 in the next 6 months will be good (i.e., at least appeal to XBOX gamers)...
"Maybe if Microsoft reformed, these people would be happy to support them, too."
/ 24/1824244&tid=109&tid=211&tid=137/
You sure about that? See below. MS announces something pro-consumer, and everyone bases them (as usual) and assumes evil intentions...
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10
I know this is blasphemy here, but watch G4's Icons episode about the Video Game Industry. They discuss the crash of the Video Game market in the early 80's, and how the release of the NES brought the industry back to life.
"Main difference is that Nintendo did it 15 years ago and now don't do it . ."
Microsoft still are doing it
Yes, but Nintendo paved the way for what M$ does now. You should blame and bash Nintendo, but nooo, you all have your "bias blinders" on and unconditionally love anything Nintendo does these days.
Just so you know, in case you are a closet Nintendo lover, the Nintendo Revolution is confirmed to be backwards compatible with Gamecube games right out of the box, so CAN SOMEONE ON /. BASH NINTENDO ONCE IN A WHILE???
Here Microsoft, Intel, and to some extent Sony get automatically bashed in a totally biased attack, while Apple and Nintendo get automatically praised in a totally biased love-fest
"its a giant advertising medium."
Just like the G4 network.
I don't see why you bring this up.
Most law firms in America handle business of people/corps worth more than them.
You've got solo family lawyers making $30-50k a year representing $300k VP's.
You've got $800 million BIGLAW firms representing $30 billion companies.
Basically everything but legal aid/public defender jobs fall into the category of "lawyers/paralegals making less than their clients."
"Everybody wants cheaper prices "
EXACTLY. If you don't like the fact a company uses H1B employees or outsources, boycott the company...but of course, when they offer the cheaper product, all of a sudden how many H1B employees they have or how much work is outsourced doesn't matter.
"WOW. A 750GB HDD for $49.99!"
"if the game even got ported at all."
Maybe you did not read the topic. It referred to a global launch of the **console**, not games. I would suspect that there will still be plenty of Japanese games that take a while (or never) to come to the US.
"Did it ever cross your mind that actually BEING pro-consumer could mean more profit?
Yes, hence my comment "To make people think they are pro-consumer so they buy more of their products".
"
My issue was with your use of the word "think." Perhaps ACTUALLY being pro-consumer (as opposed to making people think it) can mean more profit.
The problem here is that most people are basically overhead to their companies, and corporations love to cut overhead.
For example, if you work at Macy's, how do they make money? By selling products with a huge profit margins. Besides cosmetics, the products sell themselves and the people who work there are not needed to generate the profit. Thus the people who work at Macy's are overhead. They are needed, but only in the sense that, at best, they might save the company money, but they certainly don't make money.
If you write code for EA, you are needed to churn out games, but EA makes it money off profit margins of selling games. Although the new Madden might not exist without you, EA wants to get you as cheap as possible.
Contrast that with a lawyer at a large law firm. The lawyer, by billing clients, is a revenue producer. The law firm wants to do everything they can to make sure that lawyer bills a lot. They will give the lawyer a ton of work (= tons of billable hours) and give good compensation or else they might lose a good revenue producer. Now partners at these firms do make money off the backs of associates, but since it is actually the work of the associate that lines the partners pockets (unlike the sales figures that lines of the pockets of Macy's people), they do more to keep associates happy money-wise.
If you can find a job where you directly generate revenue (unforunately this might mean direct sales, but it could also mean lawyer, etc, etc,) that's the way to go and you can (but not always) get paid good.
"So why would a corporation try to spin themselves as "pro-consumer"? One of two reasons:
To make people think they are pro-consumer so they buy more of their products
To be able to claim to governments, judges and juries that they are pro-consumer"
Did it ever cross your mind that actually BEING pro-consumer could mean more profit?
Not everything is "spin" or an "illusion." Maybe this is Microsoft's thinking here. The fact you think this is spin (and I bet if Nintendo came out with the same statement, nobody would call it spin, they would call it revolutionary) shows your anti-MS bias.
The DS troll is making fun of PSP and "typical" racing games you find on it.
Re-read their comment and the parent.
"More likely is that you will find someone who has your same interests and general income level, whom you will start a relationship with and then waver in and out of interest with."
/., you might cave in.
I wonder if we will start seeing Nigerian scams that play on this. After all, if a girl who is good looking, but not a super model, starts talking to you, and talks about how she loves
DS troll: Having fun playing games using wireless over IP?
OH WAIT, NO GAMES FOR DS yet take advtange of wi-fi to allow for online multiplayer. PSP was wi-fi online multiplayer ready AT LAUNCH, with launch titles allowing for a large number of players.
Please stop with the Nintendo-love fest. They are a great video game company, but no one, especially them, is the "End all be all" of console/portable gaming.
"Montana"
You answered your own question. Move to a state where one city has a larger population than the State of Montana, and you might see a PSP. There are many cities/metro's in the US that would fit.
"An article about the latest Red Sox vs. Yankees game would look pretty silly if its only content was "Red Sox Score 5 Runs" without mentioning the Yankee's score."
You are talking apples and orange, you anonymous Nintendo (blindly) loving coward.